TOEFL Mini-test (Skills 6-8)
Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
- 1.The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members, _________ appointments are subject to Senate approval.
- A.
Their
- B.
With their
- C.
Because their
- D.
But their
- 2.The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because _________.
- A.
Not wanting the story in the papers
- B.
The story in the papers the superintendent did not want
- C.
The public to hear the story
- D.
The superintendent did not want the story in the papers
- 3.Like Thomas Berger´s fictional character Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find himself where _________ of important events took place.
- A.
It was an extraordinary number
- B.
There was an extraordinary number
- C.
An extraordinary number
- D.
An extraordinary number existed
- 4._________ sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as much as ten inches annually.
- A.
Pumps have
- B.
As pumps have
- C.
So pumps have
- D.
With pumps
- 5.Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community, _________ used extensively by numerous researchers.
- A.
They are
- B.
Are
- C.
Yet they
- D.
Yet they are
- 6.According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the _________ migrate by following magnetic fields.
- A.
Target monarchs
- B.
Target since monarchs
- C.
Target since monarchs are
- D.
Target
- 7._________ show the relation among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other aspects are important.
- A.
Neural theories
- B.
A neural theory
- C.
Although neural theories
- D.
However neural theories
- 8._________ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow account to ensure the payment of property taxes and homeowner´s insurance.
- A.
A home is
- B.
A home is bought
- C.
When a home
- D.
When a home is bought
- 9.If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth´s atmosphere, _________ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.
- A.
It
- B.
It is
- C.
So it is
- D.
Then it
- 10.Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual _________ most of the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination.
- A.
In
- B.
So
- C.
And
- D.
In that